Plant-support.



I PATENTED Ana 1, 1905.

W. HUGHES.

PLANT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13 1904;

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WILLIAM HUGHES, 0F UPLAND, PENNSYLVANIA. PLANT-SUPPORT.

No. 7se.214.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed September 13, 1904. Serial No. 224,802.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HUGHES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upland, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Plant- Support, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for supporting plantsgrowing in pots; and the object is to provide a simple article ofmanufacture which can be readily made, easily applied to a pot, will notinjure the bulb or roots of a plant contained therein, and is capable ofbeing extended to properly cooperate with plants of different heights.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a potand plant growing therein, showing the latter supported by the improveddevice. Fig. 2 is asectional view through the pot and through a portionof the support, the upper end thereof being broken off. Fig. 3 isadetail perspective view of the lower portion of the support.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures ofthe drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated the main body of the support is formed ofa single wire and isprovided with a pair of pot-engaging jaws the outerof which is in the-form of a loop 4:, said loop tapering toward itsupper end, or, in other words, the side elements or arms of said loopconverging toward the upper end of the loop and the arms thereof beingdoubled over to form an inner jaw 5. One of these arms is extendeddownwardly at an inclination constituting a stem 6, while the other isinset, as shown at 7 and carries at its upper end a vertical standard 8.This standard for short plants may be made of sufficient height initself, but for taller ones or those growing an extension is provided inthe form of a shank 9, located longitudinally along one side of the stemand formed of wire, the shank be- In placing the device the stem itselfis forced downwardly into the soil of the pot against one wall of thesame until the jaws 4 and 5 embrace the rim. The standard will then belocated-at substantially thecenter of the pot, and to the same the plantmay be tied, the

shank 9 being raised to any height desired,

or, if necessary, this shank can be detached.

' On account of the arm 7 being disposed below outer jaw.

It will be evident that this device can be manufactured very cheaply andis easily applicable to the pot. It obviates the necessity ofpenetrating the soil at the center of the pot, and thereby avoids thedanger of piercing the bulb. or injuring the roots directly below thestem of the plant.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of theherein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be re sorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificin g any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

A plant-support composed of a single wire bent to form a pair ofpot-embracing jaws, the outer'of which is in the form of aloop, the sideelements of said loop being doubled over to form an inner jawand beinglocated side by side, one of said members being extended to form a stem,the other member being bent and extended inwardly forming 'an inset arm,and

anintegral and upstanding plant-supporting.

WILLIAM HUGHES.

Witnesses: ROBERT J. OLUELow, CHARLES YOUNG.

